A. HAET^S STANDARD WORKS. 



Contents of Talfourd,^^ < 



Essays on British Novels and Romances, ? 

 introductory to a series of Criticisms on liie > 

 Living Novelists— Mackenzie, The Author \ 

 of AVaverley, Godwin, Maturin, Rymer on s 

 Tragedy, CoUey Gibber's Apology for his \ 

 Life, John Dennis's Works, Modern Pe- \ 

 riodical Literature, On the Genius and l 

 Writings of AYords worth, North's Life of? 

 Lord Guilford, Hazlitt's Lectures on the ? 

 Drama, AVallace's Prospects of Mankind, > 

 Nature and Providence, On Pulpit Ora- S 

 tory, Recollections of Lisbon, Lloyd's S 

 Poems, Mr Oldaker on Modern Improve- \ 

 menls, A Chapter on Time, On the Profes- < 

 sfon of the Bar, The Wine Cellar, Destruc- < 

 tion of the Brunswick Theatre by Fire, l 

 First Appearance of Miss Fanny Kemble, ? 

 On the Intellectual Character of the late \ 

 Wm. Hazlitt. I 

 Contents of Stephen*^^ < 



Life of Wilberforce, Life of Whitfield and > 

 Froude, D' Aubigne's Reformation, Life and > 

 Times of Baxter, Physical Theory of Ano- \ 

 ther Life, The Port Royalists, Ignatius Loy- \ 

 ola, Taylor's Edwin the Fair. < 



" His (Talfourd's) Critical writings m.ani- < 

 fest on every page a sincere, earnest and I 

 sympathizing love of intellectual excel-? 

 lence and moral beauty. The kindliness) 

 of temper and tenderness of sentiment with ? 

 which they are animated, are continually S 

 suggesting pleasant thoughts of the author." S 



North American Review . \ 



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THE CRITICAL WRITINGS 



OF < 



IRANCIS LORD JEFFREY. 



In One Volume Sro., with a Portrait. < 



From a very able article in the North > 

 British Review we extract the following : S 



"It is a book not to be read only— but s 

 s'lUdied— it is a vast repository ; or rather \ 

 a system or institute, embracing the whole < 

 circle of letters— if we except the exact ^ 

 sciences— and contains within itself, not in e 

 a desultory form, but in a well digested? 

 scheme, more original conceptions, bold ? 

 and fearless speculation and just reasoning > 

 on all kinds and varieties of subjects than S 

 are to be found in any English writer with \ 

 whom we are acquainted within tlie pre- \ 

 sent or the last generation. * * * His < 

 choice of words is unbounded and his fell- i 

 city of expression, to the most impalpable I 

 shade of discrimination, almost miraculous. ? 

 Playfu., lively, and full of illustration, no > 

 subject is so dull or so dry that he cannot > 

 invest it with interest, and none so triHingS 

 that it cannot acquire dignity or elegance \ 

 from his pencil. Independently however, \ 

 of mere style, and apart from the greats 

 variety of subjects embraced by his pen, I 

 the distinguishing feature of his writings, I 

 and that in which he excels his coiempo- ? 

 rary reviewers, istlie deep vein of practical \ 

 llioaght which runs throughout them ail " ^ 



VIIT 



SIR JAMES BIACKIWTOSE 



SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S 

 CONTFJBUTIONS TO THE EDIN- 

 BUSGn SEYIEW. 



Collected and Edited by his Son* 

 In One Volume Svo., with a Portrait,^! 75. 



THE POEMS 



OF 



FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD. 



Illustxditzis tit ItSt KXtiZtS. 



In one volume octavo, uniform with Carey d 

 HarVs illustrat&i Bryant, Willis, etc. 



The following exquisitely finished line en- 

 gravings are from original designs, by our 

 most celebrated painters, and are executed in 

 the highest style of art : — Portrait of the Au- 

 thoress; Hope; A Child plaving with a 

 Watch; TheEeaper; Ida; Oldrrieuds; The 

 Child's Portrait; Little Eed Riding Hood; 

 The Life Boat; Twilight Hours; The Arab 

 and his Steed ; Zuleika. 



" There is nothing mechanical about her ; 

 all is buoyant, overflowing, irrepressible vi- 

 vacity, like the bubbling up of a natural 

 fountain. In her almost childish playful 

 ness, she reminds us of that exquisite crea. 

 tion of Pouque, Undine, who knew no law- 

 hut that of her own waywardness. The great 

 charm of her poetry is its unaffected simpli- 

 city. It is the transparent simplicity of truth, 

 reflecting the feeling of the moii» ,^jit like a 

 mirror." — Bev. Dr. Davidson. 



" In all the poems of Mrs. Osgood, we find 

 occasion to admire the author as well as JhQ 

 works. Her spontaneous and instinctive effu- 

 sions appear, in a higher degree than any 

 others in our literature, to combine the rarest 

 and highest capacities in art with the sincerest 

 and deepest sentiments and the noblest aspi- 

 rations. They would convince us, if the 

 beauty of her life were otherwise-unknown, 

 that Mrs. Osgood is one of the loveliest cha- 

 racters in the histories of literature or so- 

 ciety." — Pennsylvania Inquirer a7id Courier. 



" The position of Mrs. Osgood, as a graceful 

 and womanly poetess, is fixed, and will be 

 enduring. To taste of faultless delicacy, a 

 remarkable command, of poetical language, 

 great variety of cadence, and a most musical 

 versification, she has added recently the high- 

 est qualities of inspiration, imagination, and 

 passion, in a degree rarely equalled in the 

 productions of women. . . . The reputation 

 which Mrs. Osgood enjoys, as one of the most 

 amiable, true-hearted, and brilliant ladies in 

 American society, will add to the good for- 

 tune of a book, the intrinsic excellence and 

 beauty of which will secure for it a place 

 among the standard creations of female ge- 

 K4Jis " — Home Journal, 



